Bankadelic: The colorful side of finance

It’s a long Thanksgiving road trip… Back Friday sales have been going on since August … and someone’s gonna pick a fight over the drumstick. So why not treat yourself before the Turkey Day going gets tough so we’ve got a gift for you no turkey could come close to topping. Join us as our three panelists gather ‘round the table to discuss what they’re thankful for, even as they nominate winners for the First Annual Bankadelic Tofurkey Award, in honor(?) of the one thing we could do without in financial services. A splendid holiday episode with, dare we say, all the trimmings and none of the titanium-tough fruitcake.

Tim Keith, CEO, Infusion Marketing

Lisa Pent, founder and CEO, PentEdge

Jason Schwabline, EVP, CheckAlt

On this episode, Trafalgar Founder and CEO Jose Porfirio Sánchez-Talavera calls in from Mexico City to share how his challenger bank works to maintain harmonious relationships with regulators, customers and shareholders. It’s an almost radical proposition in an era where banks aren’t shy about putting profits far above all else, and fintechs act with impunity in a throwback to the bad old days of “move fast and break things.” Then there's Jose, who's actually a fan of regulation.

More than 11,000 people attended Money 20/20 at the Venetian in Las Vegas, making 2025 another banner year for one of the leading financial services conferences in the world. Bankadelic was there from start to finish and on this episode, host Lou Carlozo recounts the hot discussion topics (from agentic AI to stablecoins), the cool swag (pickleball, anyone?)--along with the action on the convention floor. Lou also dishes on the surprises he came across, from a fintech that fights hunger to an unscheduled appearance by Bankadelic wiseguy Johnny Da Big, lecturing all those freaking stoonads about lowbrow high-tech, if ya know what I’m sayin’…

In a series of podcasts taped live at 2025’s Money 20/20 in Las Vegas, host Lou Carlozo brings you the latest from one of the premier financial services conferences in the world. On this episode taped at the Venetian's Truth and Tonic, Lou casts with Dana Kalfas Bodine, Vice

President of Marketing at Trustpilot. Dana shares findings from the just-completed Write a Review Week, where all U.S. businesses received unlimited review invitations, and discusses the role AI plays in how businesses and consumers can make better choices.

In a series of podcasts taped live at 2025’s Money 20/20 in Las Vegas, host Lou Carlozo brings you the latest from one of the premier financial services conferences in the world. On this episode, Lou chats with a true leader in the biometrics field, Ajay Amlani, CEO of Aware. As the creator of aviation’s CLEAR technology, Amlani launches into a discussion of why biomentrics are more robust than ever, and bound to eventually replace passwords and standard multi-factor identification based on passwords and those often-baffling CAPCHA puzzles.

In a series of podcasts taped live at 2025’s Money 20/20 in Las Vegas, host Lou Carlozo brings you the latest from one of the premier financial services conferences in the world. On this episode, we learn all about what it takes to create successful loyalty programs that drive customer engagement and help businesses to get a leg up on their competitors. Joining us are Beth McCoy, President of CORA Loyalty and Becky Hill, President of Points at Points At Work under CORA Loyalty.

Once again, Lou Carlozo rises from the pumpkin patch to bring you yet another Bankadelic Halloween Spooktacular. This year, we visit many different kinds of ghosts: Why is AI haunting so many financial institutions? Will the loan climate finally break through all the thunder and lightning? And if there are friendly ghosts on the horizon, what might they be? It’s a fabulous cast of FI wizards … and a quartet of goblins (not so welcome, perhaps) from the Bankadelic Voice Character Crypt.

Our special guests:

Sarah Koulogeorge, Director of Business Development, Casca

Richard Guillot, President, BAFS

Samy Kogan, Vice President of Product Management, Swivel

Caleb Stevens, Vice President - Marketing Manager of Capital Markets & Correspondent Banking, SouthState Bank

In a series of podcasts taped live at 2025’s Money 20/20 in Las Vegas, host Lou Carlozo brings you the latest from one of the premier financial services conferences in the world. On this episode, Lou talks with Sai Rangachari, Chief Product Officer at Temenos, to learn more about how the Swiss banking software company is embracing the American market. Sai also shares his views on how AI is having the most influence on banking, along with trends he thinks will shape the industry in the years ahead.

In a series of podcasts taped live at 2025’s Money 20/20 in Las Vegas, host Lou Carlozo brings you the latest from one of the premier financial services conferences in the world. On this episode, Lou chats with John Blizzard, Founder of CD Valet, to learn more about an online destination that offers customers close to 40,000 choices, likely making it the largest such marketplace in the world. Blizzard, who’s also President and CEO of Seattle Bank, makes a compelling case for why CDs will only grow in popularity as factors from a potential AI bubble to unreleased economic data loom over Wall Street.

In a series of podcasts taped live at 2025’s Money 20/20 in Las Vegas, host Lou Carlozo brings you the latest from one of the premier financial services conferences in the world. On this episode, Lou chats with one of his favorite return guests, Steven J. Ramirez, CEO of Beyond the Arc. The FI veteran shares his views on big opportunities in AI and finance, including the creation of compliance documents that meet the opposing demands for speed and rigor, and the return of blockchain as a hot topic.